Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 285

Miranda was startled. In the middle of the night, several tough-looking strange men with tattoos and gold chains lingered outside the apartment building. Each one looked fierce and formidable, clearly not someone to be trifled with.

Fearful of attracting unnecessary trouble, Miranda didn’t linger. She just wanted to hurry upstairs and get home.

Strangely, the security personnel on duty at the apartment building were nowhere to be found today.

The entire first-floor lobby was eerily quiet.

As Miranda took a few steps inside, she heard footsteps behind her. Unsure if those unfamiliar men were following her, her scalp tingled with fear. Her heart raced, and without looking back, she sprinted toward the direction of the elevator.

However, before reaching the elevator, a robust arm grabbed her shoulder from behind, and immediately, her mouth and nose were covered with a damp cloth.

Miranda couldn’t struggle in time and lost consciousness.

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“Another headache?” Ashley reached out to massage Valentin’s temples at Kingsley Villa. Feeling uneasy, she wondered when his lingering headaches would finally subside.

Medication didn’t seem to be very effective.

“Don’t worry, it’s much better now,” Valentin reassured her, unwilling to let her feel anxious.

“Don’t lie to me. Let me take a look.” Ashley carefully examined his complexion, sensing that he was still uncomfortable. She wished she could endure those headaches on his behalf.

Gently massaging his temples for a while and seeing a slight

improvement in his expression, Ashley guessed the headache had eased a bit. She was slightly relieved.

But an uneasy feeling lingered.

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it, she saw an unfamiliar number calling.

conditioned response to unfamiliar numbers, associating them with annoyance.

to answer such calls again if it was another issue with

a sense of irritation, Ashley answered the phone.

and nervous male voice came through. “Ashley, your friend Miranda is in

was surprised. Frankie? It

was calling. What was

turned sharp, choosing

to

a long time, afraid of being rejected, nervously said, “Ashley, I’m not lying to you. My disappearance before was intentional. I didn’t go missing. I’ve been hiding in the shadows, observing my family’s situation, trying to figure out

Evan is acting strangely. He’s been secretly contacting several wanted fugitives, seemingly up to something. I didn’t understand at first, but today, I found out that Evan had those fugitives sneak into your friend Miranda’s residence, and they took her away. Ashley, believe me, I’m not lying

eye on the Ramos family and racking his brains on how to beg for

dare to speak. It was as if he were arat hiding in

nothing to do with him, and he didn’t care about her.

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the call was connected this time, Frankie didn’t

had wanted to ser Ashley to prison. She despised him so much. Would

Frankie heard Ashley’s

this question, anger surged in her eyes. The desire to deal with Evan intensified within

couldn’t tell if it was excitement or another emotion, and tears inexplicably welled

his incompetence. “I…I don’t know where they took Miranda, but Ashley, don’t worry, I’ll find

Miranda. The call couldn’t get through. It seemed something had indeed happened to

on her coat, she decided to go directly

call and overheard some of the conversation.

I’m going to confront him and demand her release.” Ashley’s face turned

it up with me. Bringing Miranda into this is just going

Valentin decided without

about

“It’s fine.”